Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Weizen-Mix | Binding-Brauerei AG

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A lot like stiegl radler in that the taste and feel is so artificial, with the grapefruit sweetness and resin having a sticky and cloying sweetness. It also doesn't taste as good, with the grapefruit being countered by a strange orange popsicle taste. Way too carbonated as well.

I think I get it; but I can't bring myself to like it.
Maybe if this were a fruit beer (which it absolutely seems like to me), I could rate it better.
But a hefe- is a very delicate beer and I have to use my imagination to know that a hefe- yeast is in this Mix.
I don't get the fluffy head of a hefe-, nor the soft, fruity banana-like aromas. I can Taste wheat if I ignore the bubbles. But I am reminded more of Tang than beer. The artificial flavor sticks to my tongue. However, this is refreshing; and for that I give it some OA points.

11.2oz bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a hazy orange; fluffy white head that fades leaving okay retention and little to no lacing. The aromas are citrus forward. Lots of grapefruit and orange. Some wheat and malts. It smells sweet and tastes sweeter. The flavors are really sweet. Lots of orange and grapefruit. Some yeast flavors, but the citrus dominates. Lots of sugar. Alcohol obviously goes unnoticed. Mouthfeel is light with moderate to active carbonation. It's very fluffy and smooth.

I'm personally not too crazy about this one. It's literally feels like drinking orange pop or grapefruit pop. It doesn't feel like a beer at all. It doesn't taste bad though and would work with some pizza or something.

a very refreshing drink....a mix of grapefruit juice and hefeweizen
poured from the can into a pint glass, I quickly detected a sweet aroma....tasted sweet with just the right amount of citrus...it was very bubbly on the palate
overall, very nice...a drink I will keep on my list for those hot summer nights

Looks like grapefruit juice. Tastes like a grapefruit juice shandy (not that I've had one before...but this is exactly what I would expect one to taste like). It is a bit too sweet but has decent grapefruit flavor. Overall, not the most interesting beer in the world but not bad.

Aroma is mostly dominated by grapefruit juice notes. You do get some wheat and Hefe notes, with a tinge of banana, but overall it largely takes a backseat to the grapefruit.

Taste is more balanced than the aroma would imply, but still skews towards the grapefruit. Up front you get a nice lively grapefruit flavor - followed with a wheat flavor in the back end with some light clove and banana notes. Overall its certainly sweet, but not in therapy you might expect - its just sweet in the way that there is fruit so it tends to capture that sweetness. As the beer warms you get more of the clove and banana notes from the Hefe.

Feel is light spritzy and vibrant carbonated. Very refreshing.

Overall you have to understand that this is not really a hefeweizen - its a radler that uses a Hefe as the beer base. As radlers go this is well done and avoids becoming too sweet.

Had this beer at Epcot while strolling through “Germany”. I called it a murky orange brew with just about no head from tap. Very sweet grapefruit nose with a grapefruit soda flavor to it. Very well carbonated. Like a sweet soda but with a bit of alcohol. Not really very beerish.